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Definition of Reversing thermometer
1. Noun. A thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reversing Thermometer
Literary usage of Reversing thermometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1899)
"The chief disadvantage, as compared with the reversing thermometer, is, of course,
the difficulty of taking a series of temperatures at different depths ..."
2. Conditions of Life in the Sea: A Short Account of Quantitative Marine by James Johnstone (1908)
"A. The Negretti and Zambra deep-sea reversing thermometer. The messenger is
lowered down the line, strikes the catch C which then lifts the rod R from a ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... The third form is the outflow or reversing thermometer. Erst introduced by
Aimé, who used a very inconvenient form in the Mediterranean in 1841-1845, ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"A reversing thermometer to give the temperature of the water independently may
be attached to the upper part of the water-bottle by detaching the ring shown ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"A reversing thermometer to give the temperature of the water independently may
be attached to the upper part of the water-bottle, ..."
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